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- 3311: Dreams
- ... Experts now believe that dreams are so closely related to our waking lives that we can use them to help organize and work out inner conflicts (Von Keisler 141). A Harvard neuroscientist, Robert Stickgold, Ph.D. and his colleague J. Allen Hobson, M.D. have created a new model of dreaming. Numerous sections of the brain aid in dreaming, but they have concluded that it is a bottom-up process which is triggered by a region called the pontine ... also referred to as Paradoxical Sleep because the body is in a state of physiological arousal. In this stage, the brain is highly active and this causes REM (Dream Talk). According to Robert Stickgold, Ph.D., "The mind becomes clinically insane for two hours every night. We hallucinate wildly, see and hear things that aren't there. We become delusional" ("How to Build..."). The brain will also produce fast frequency, ...
- 3312: Littleton
- ... get me wrong, I think the senseless killing of people, which is pretty much what happened in this case, is wrong. The two boys who did this probably wanted to kill themselves, and figured they'd make as big of an exit as possible, and in doing that, they have succeeded. Thats not the thing that really bothers me though, its the fact that a nation like America (and other nations ... that happened in the past ten years. Ten years. Turn back the clock further, just in American history, lets forget about the rest of the world for the moment. Pretty much from 1492 - the present day there has been a holocaust against the Native Americans. When the Spanish landed in Mexico and South America, their weapons and diseases killed 30 million people, wiping out the native peoples to those areas. When ...
- 3313: The Contrariety Of Two Friends
- ... Everything must be in its place at all times. Nancy on the other hand is extremely messy. Wherever things happen to land is where they should belong. Sandra cleans her room at least once a day. While Nancy's room is lucky to be cleaned once a month. When Sandra cleans, it is a lengthy procedure. Sometimes she will spend hours just cleaning her room. When Nancy cleans, it is done ... has had many boyfriends. Even though these two differ in many matters of their life, the most difficult difference to overcome is their difference in religious beliefs. The two girls have gone to the same day care and school all of their lives, but they have never been of the same faith. Sandra is a very strong Baptist. In fact her dad is the pastor of the Baptist church. But Nancy is a Catholic, but she isn't very involved in her church. Sandra has been a Baptist since the very day she was born. Nancy did not become a member of the Catholic Church until she was almost fifteen years old. Sandra believes whole-heartedly in her church and in her God. But Nancy questions ...
- 3314: Web Site Promotion
- ... good idea to keep up with the modern ways of promotion. Works Cited Kent, Peter. Poor Richards Web Site. Lakewood, CO: Top Floor Publishing, 1998. 7 Ways to Promote Your Website. Website Promotion. n.d. n.p. 29 March 2000 Software of the Year 1999. Website Promotion. n.d. n.p. 29 March 2000 Free Visibility Software. PromoteYourWebsite.com. n.d. n.p. 29 March 2000
- 3315: Death Penalty
- ... something for the general welfare of the American people is the death sentence of Timothy McVeigh, the brains behind the Oklahoma City bombing. On April 19, 1995, 168 people, including many young children in the day care center, died in the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK. Many people believed that McVeigh should fry in the chair, and it looks like it will happen. It shows that capital punishment does ... 8, 1985, of sexual assault, rape and first-degree murder. A Baltimore judge sentenced Bloodsworth to death. The prosecution based its cased on witnesses who said they saw Bloodsworth with the little girl earlier that day. He received an appeal but the juror found him guilty for a second time. In 1992, his lawyer asked for a more sophisticated testing on the evidence. The DNA test showed that there was no ... capital punishment does not belong in a civilized society. I believe it is needed because we do not live in a civilized society, if we did there would be no crime. We live in a day and age where killings happen everyday, and many get away with it. Those who do get caught don\\'t stay in a jail cell for the rest of there live. If we could rig ...
- 3316: Book Report On 1984 By George Orwel
- ... did not know what bigoted meant. It means someone who is devoted to his own opinions and prejudices. On page 13, Winston hears on the telescreen the Two Minutes of Hate which came on every day. This was usually to test the people to see if they believed in the party. The person usually giving this speech is the former leader of the party Emmanuel Goldstein who is the enemy of ... Charrington. He gave them the apartment for a good price and there were no telescreens in the room. Winston and Julia then started to become less careful and started to meet in the public. One day Winston s friend, O Brien invited Winston to come over to his house. When Winston went to his house, O Brien had told him to be careful, as he knew what was going on. Winston ... everything he did wrong and everything he knew of other people doing something wrong. This was not working. They kept him in there. After a few days, Winston lost track of the time and what day it was because there was not any windows and the jail cells always stayed the same. Winston was also being starved. The next night he thought of what could get him out of there ...
- 3317: Advertising Of 1890 Compared To 1990
- ... love, sex, anxiety, fear, alarm, ambition, envy, indulgence and especially vanity. And to discover which appeal would work best, advertisers began to develop more and better research techniques -- and act upon the results. Someday, they'd call it "target marketing," but for now, they were content with being able to select the right message to transmit and then aim it at the right receiver in the market. What sounds obvious now was in fact not recognized in the 19th century. Advertising was a print medium at first, and primarily followed the basic rules of decorum and factual reporting of the journalism of the day. Thus, a Sears And Roebuck catalogue from the 19th century offered Underwear For Fat Men with a line drawing a hefty, older fellow with a distended belly trying on a pair of longjohns (Sears & Roebuck ...
- 3318: Quit Smoking
- ... It slows your blood flow cutting off oxygen to your feet and hands. Some smokers end up having their limbs amputated. Tar coasts your lung like soot in chimney and causes cancer. A 20 a day smoker breathes in up to a full cup (210 g) of tar in a year changing to low tar cigarettes doesn t help because smoker usually take deeper puffs and hold the smoke in for ... to quit. Set a date for quitting It is always helpful to tell your family and friends that you plan to quit and explain them how they can help and encourage you. Clean up the day before your quit day. Check your cupboards, house, car, and workplace and throw out cigarettes, lighters and ashtrays. There are two methods to stop smoking. First, cold turkey method; when you suddenly stop, and secondly; slowly cutting down. ...
- 3319: Censorship In Mass Media
- 1 Censorship in the media is not only an immoral and unjust practice, but also an insult to all people who consider them selves able to think and act intelligently on their own. Every day censors everywhere try to bowlderize radio, print, the Internet and all other forms of media, especially televisiomn. People who stand for this are allowing their rights to be denied, laying supine, letting governments control them ... brotherly attitude towards people, and it is becoming more prominent all around the world. In a world where most countries are free to do as they please, conesorship in the media is like the modern day "double speak" of the book 1984, limiting the thoughts of the people who are forced to conform with their society. 4Who is to deem what should and should not be viewed by the "free" citizens of the united states? Each day in every aspect of life, censors suppress and restrain the thoughts of the people. All people born in the united states have the "natural right" to speak as they choose as well as to ...
- 3320: A Two Career Family Vs. A One
- ... other questions remain unclear in today's society. Most parents are working at a full time job (forty hours a week) five days a week. Therefore, when the parents arrive home from a hard, stressful day at work, they want peace and quiet. This is actually where the most problems begin. My mom and I try so hard to get housework done and food on the table all in a day's work. Both my parents are full time working parents, and vacations come rarely; however, spare time with my family is not optional. Some days I'll go a whole day without seeing one of my parents. Some days I wish it wasn't so hard to have two working parents. When my mom wasn't a career mom, I felt it was a lot ...
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